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WorksheetsThird Nine Weeks CA Review
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 27mins
Which people were the first to come to New Mexico?
Pueblo
Archaic
Mogollon
Paleo
What is the role of an archaeologist?
writing history books
searching crime scenes
studying artifacts and prehistoric people
hunting for food
Which people were the first to farm full time?
Ancestral Pueblo
Mogollon
Paleo
Archaic
Which of the following is NOT one of New Mexico's five main rivers?
Mississippi
Rio Grande
San Juan
Gila
What is an artifact?
something old
book of maps
tools archaeologists use
anything made or used by people in the past
What is a bias?
a one-sided point of view
firsthand accounts
spoken history
understanding events from different people
The Diné people formed what two groups of people?
Paleo and Archaic
Mogollon and Anasazi
Navajo and Apache
Clovis and Folsom people
Which of the following is NOT one of the trails from New Mexico to California?
Cooke's Wagon Road
Santa Fe Trail
Butterfield OVerland Trail
Old Spanish Trail
People came to New Mexico for a lot of these reasons except:
to get a new start
to buy cheap land
to learn Spanish
to get gold
Which religion faced challenges from new missionaries and their new bishop?
Jewish religion
Catholic religion
Protestant religion
Muslim religion
The government gave land to settlers, but what problem did the settlers have in eastern New Mexico?
the ground was too fertile
there was too much rainfall
they had too many crops to sell
farming was difficult in that area
All of the following contributed to New Mexico's lawlessness except:
Few lawmen
Few judges
Few guns
Many places to hide
Which war was sparked by a conflict over political and economic power in New Mexico Territory?
The Colfax County War
The Civil War
The Spanish American War
The Lincoln County War
Disputes over land grants and water rights often resulted in what?
Violence
Trade
Peace Treaties
Friendships
For how many years was New Mexico a territory?
16 years
26 years
61 years
62 years
Which of the following was NOT an issue in New Mexico becoming a state?
Violence of the Wild West
Population size
Concerns about loyalty
Concerns about corruption
What did New Mexicans do in the Spanish American War to prove their loyalty?
Refuse to fight
Fought in the Rough Riders
Only sent supplies
Sent letters of encouragement
New Mexico was the ____ state to join the United States.
34th
24th
47th
49th
The Harvey House became a key part of ____.
Santa Fe Ring's power
Mining in New Mexico
Santa Fe Railroad's success
Limiting tuberculosis in New Mexico
Why did Ghost Towns appear?
Because towns were haunted with large amounts of ghosts
Because towns had been boom towns and the industry disappeared
Because the railroad would never stop there
Ghosts Towns are myths.
Why did tourists come to New Mexico?
To visit the remains of Native American tribes
To visit family members sick of the Black Plague
To steal from the poor and give to the rich
To see the haunted Ghost Towns
Which of the following was NOT something Bishop Lamy did for New Mexico?
persecuted Jewish settlers
Rebuilt Catholic churches
Started schools and brought in priests and nuns to teach
Started hospitals to help the sick
Which of the following was NOT an obstacle that prevented New Mexico's statehood?
Elkin's improperly timed handshake
New Mexico not being a part of the United States
the corruption of the Santa Fe Ring
people's misconception that New Mexico was Mexico
One plan for statehood was to join _____________ to make one large state.
Texas
Arizona
Colorado
Oklahoma
How did the Colfax County War start and end?
It was started with the Maxwell Land Grant disputes and was ended by Congress stepping in.
It was started by the railroad coming through the county and was ended by Lucien Maxwell getting shot.
It was started by Thomas Catron not helping people get their land grants and was ended by Billy the Kid getting shot.
Which are not things that are mined in New Mexico?
turquoise
bronze
copper
silver
Why did the New Mexico Territory grow rapidly after the Civil War?
the United States was encouraging people to move out west
people were intrigued by the vastness of the territory
Native Americans were encouraging Americans to move to New Mexico Territory
people had never traded with New Mexico
Which in NOT a reason why the railroad was important to the economy of New Mexico?
It brought in tourists to visit the state
It was used to transport new machinery and tools to the state
It brought in jobs to New Mexico
It stopped lawlessness and crime
Why did doctors send patients to heal in New Mexico?
Doctors did not want their germs out East.
The dry mild climate was easier for tuberculosis patients to heal.
There were better hospitals and doctors in New Mexico.
The doctors in New Mexico had the cure for tuberculosis.
How were Harvey Houses important to the railroad?
They were convenient stores for people to stop at.
They gave people a clean place to stay and eat while they traveled.
They were homes given from the Homestead Act.
They were pueblos that people could rent out along their trip.
Which of the following was NOT a negative impact of the Homestead Act?
It pushed the Native Americans off their land into reservations.
It took land away from families that had been granted land under Mexican and Spanish rule.
It brought new jobs and opportunities for families in New Mexico.
It brought more crime and violence into New Mexico.
Which of the following is NOT a reason the railroad was negatively impacting New Mexico?
It caused pollution and hurt natural resources.
It forced the Native Americans off their land into reservations.
With the wealth, it brought more crime and violence.
It made a quicker way for people to travel from the East to the West coast.
Which of the following is not a difference between a territory and a state?
Cannot vote for president
Cannot protest against laws they disagree with
Cannot have members in the House and Senate
Cannot elect own governors and judges
Which of the following was a major wagon trail in New Mexico?
Oregon Trail
Goodnight-Loving Trail
Mormon Trail
Butterfield Overland Trail
What ended the need for cattle drives in New Mexico?
no more cattle was ranched in New Mexico
too many cattle ran away from cowboys
cattle was cheaper and more profitable to move by train
sheep ranching became much more profitable in New Mexico
Which of the following is NOT a reason New Mexico became lawless?
they found nonviolent ways to deal with problems
there were few sheriffs, deputies, and lawmen
almost everyone carried a gun
criminals had lots of areas they could hide
Who killed Billy the Kid?
Lawrence G. Murphy
Sheriff Patrick Garrett
John Henry Tunstall
He is like Elvis. He never died.
New Mexico became a state in the United State after which war?
Mexican-American War
Civil War
Seven Years War
Spanish-American War
Why was copper such a major natural resource for mining?
It was used for electrical lines.
It makes things pretty.
It was used to fuel trains.
It was never mined in New Mexico.
What made people start calling out west the "Wild West?"
It was fun like the circus with lots of entertainment.
It was very dangerous to live out in a lawless area.
It was very different to the people who had never been there.
Because the wildlife had animals that do not exist in the East.
What was Pancho Villa fighting for?
End the Mexican Cession
to join the United States
to overthrow the Mexican government
to get the US to join WWI
What caused the US to join WWI?
bombing of Pearl Harbor
the interception of the Zimmerman note
Pancho Villa's attack on Columbus, NM
Germany invading the US
Which was NOT something that was a part of the Roaring 20s?
Creation of Route 66
Mass production of automobile
Inventing of refrigerators
Invention of telephone
What caused the Great Depression?
the dust bowl
people not getting enough sunlight or medication
stock market crash
too much poverty and unemployment
Which two things caused the Dust Bowl?
not rotating crops
a severe drought
too much wind
stock market crashing
Which was NOT a project of FDRs WPA initiative?
the Portales Courthouse
the ENMU Administration Building
the Portales High School gym
Marshall Junior High
What was FDR's New Deal?
The way FDR ended the Dust Bowl
what the allies of WWI were called
A deal he struck with Germany to end WWI
A three step plan to get America out of the Great Depression
Why did the US join WWII?
the soldiers being captured in the Baatan Death March
bombing of Pearl Harbor
the interception of the Zimmerman note
the bombing of the ship Lusitania
How long was the Baatan Death March?
38 miles
26 miles
65 miles
100 miles
How come the code was never broken in WWII?
Germany and Japan were not too smart
no one spoke Navajo
no one ever tried
Navajo code talkers double coded it
What was the name of the project that created the atomic bomb?
Los Alamos
Manhattan
Oppenheimer
White Sands
What type of POWs were housed at Roswell?
Japanese
US troops
Austrian
German
Why were Japanese taken from their homes and housed in camps?
US was afraid they were spies in WWII
they were not able to take care of themselves
they were siding with Japan in WWII
they fought against the US in WWII
